A short walk down Gangnam's main drag in Seoul guarantees multiple poster sightings of South Korea's biggest celebrity: Yu-Na Kim. In anticipation of her expected Olympic gold medal victory, I went to the nearest Smoothie King and got a "Be White" smoothie. It was great, electrolyte flavor and all, although I'm not sure the title would go over well in the States.
Korea has good reason to be proud of their 19-year-old miracle. She's sweet, beautiful, talented and just a little bit sassy -- and she's slayed every possible competitor in the past several years -- except that one time with Japanese arch-rival, Mao Asada. The whole country is biting their nails for the golden girl, and with all the hype, I'm starting to feel nervously sick for her. Yeah, she's made a killing by promoting everything from cell phones to banks to tissues, but the weight of pressure in a perfectionist culture like Korea's is tremendous.
How will the country react if she loses? I don't want to find out.
In the meantime, I'll sing along to her grocery store commercial and be proud to be in Korea for the momentous moment. Yay Yu-Na Kim! C'mon, girl!
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